Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-16 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
Users will judge a website within seconds. And unfortunately that is the nature of the game today. On Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 9:28 pm Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal, < fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2024 at 3:13:26 PM, Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal < > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.or

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
Consistency also helps... A web site, wiki and documentation in html, all with different appearances does not help the end user. but it is hard and a thankless task as well. That there is information available is a boon. On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 10:25 AM DougC via fpc-pascal < fpc-pascal@lists.fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-11-15 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
I am a little on the fence regarding the comment re neither fish or fowl... each developer does their own thing in the language - whether that is writing something for platform X or working on database Y etc. Resources for learning are few and far between if you can find them. If you wanted to lea

Re: [fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

2024-10-16 Thread Tim Coates via fpc-pascal
And here is my 2c worth ... Firstly, I will say that I do not know much about the group that manages FPC and related tools. I am also relatively new to FPC but a long time user of Delphi. Here is a newbies view of the world: 1. while the content on the website may be correct, it looks dated (firs